Dragon Boat Festival Handmade Works Course

Regarding the handicraft tutorial of Dragon Boat Festival, the following are some simple ideas and projects for your reference:

1. Zongzi ornaments

Materials: colored paper, colored rope, scissors, glue.

Production steps:

1) Cut the colored paper into the shape of zongzi.

2) Glue the two sides and leave an upper gap to form a three-dimensional zongzi.

3) Punch holes in the upper part of Zongzi, put on colored ropes and make ornaments.

2. wormwood sachet

Materials: cloth, thread, needle, wormwood, spices.

Production steps:

1) Cut the cloth into a rectangle with proper size, and sew the back of two pieces of cloth inward.

2) Put spices and wormwood into a cloth bag.

3) Sew the last side to ensure that the spices do not leak out.

Paint dragon boat

Materials: plasticine, pigment, brush.

Production steps:

1) Shape the dragon boat with plasticine. You can refer to pictures or templates.

2) Color the dragon boat with pigments, and you can choose traditional colors such as red and yellow.

3) Drawing patterns or characters on the dragon boat with a brush can add festive atmosphere.

4. Rope stick

Materials: staff template, colored rope, scissors, glue.

Production steps:

1) Print or draw a staff template.

2) Cut the colored rope into appropriate lengths and wrap it around the template according to the shape and spacing of the staff.

3) Fix the rope with glue to ensure that it is not loose.

Expand one's knowledge

Diversity of zongzi packaging: Zongzi has different packaging methods in different regions. For example, Zongzi in Guangdong is generally wrapped in banana leaves in a flat shape; Zongzi in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are often wrapped in bamboo leaves and have a strong appearance. In addition, the stuffing of zongzi varies from region to region, including meat, bean paste and red dates.

Traditional food of Dragon Boat Festival: Besides Zongzi, there are some other traditional foods in Dragon Boat Festival, such as wormwood porridge and calamus wine. Wormwood porridge is a kind of fragrant porridge boiled with wormwood, which has the function of eliminating dampness and exorcising evil spirits. Acorus calamus wine takes fresh Acorus calamus as raw material, which has the effect of refreshing the brain.

Traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival: Besides making handmade works, there are other traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival. For example, dragon boat race is one of the important activities of Dragon Boat Festival. People organize dragon boat teams and row dragon boat races in rivers, lakes and seas. There are also various customs such as hanging wormwood, wearing sachets and tying colored threads to pray for peace and ward off evil spirits.